Kaine
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAYN
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,425 for boys
Kaine is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “from cath, battle”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 1,425th for boys in the US (126 babies).
What does Kaine mean?
Irish: spelling of Kane, from the Irish surname Ó Catháin
“from cath, battle”
Spelling of Kane, from the Irish surname Ó Catháin (O'Kane), based on cath, battle.
Is Kaine a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaine is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 126 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kaine in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,742among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Kaine, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 123 boys.
Half of all the boys named Kaine in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 114 boys in the UK were given Kaine or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #411, up from #2,742 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Kaine in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,024 |
| 2022 | 12 | #1,999 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 12 | #1,974 |
| 2018 | 18 | #1,486 |
| 2017 | 18 | #1,490 |
| 2016 | 30 | #1,056 |
| 2015 | 28 | #1,090 |
| 2014 | 27 | #1,106 |
| 2013 | 28 | #1,069 |
| 2012 | 30 | #1,030 |
| 2011 | 31 | #993 |
| 2010 | 37 | #867 |
| 2009 | 39 | #818 |
| 2008 | 35 | #872 |
| 2007 | 44 | #710 |
| 2006 | 52 | #614 |
| 2005 | 50 | #590 |
| 2004 | 45 | #616 |
| 2003 | 65 | #437 |
| 2002 | 67 | #393 |
| 2001 | 123 | #260 |
| 2000 | 100 | #304 |
| 1999 | 98 | #314 |
| 1998 | 117 | #273 |
| 1997 | 102 | #302 |
| 1996 | 79 | #335 |
How popular is Kaine in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,425among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 126about 1 in 14,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 126 boys in the US were named Kaine, making it the 1,425th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,153rd. Its busiest year was 2017, with 200 boys. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the boys named Kaine in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,258 boys in the US were given Kaine or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #286, up from #1,425 for this spelling alone.
Kaine in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 126 | #1,425 |
| 2024 | 123 | #1,472 |
| 2023 | 155 | #1,248 |
| 2022 | 174 | #1,171 |
| 2021 | 181 | #1,125 |
| 2020 | 168 | #1,153 |
| 2019 | 173 | #1,127 |
| 2018 | 176 | #1,111 |
| 2017 | 200 | #1,010 |
| 2016 | 160 | #1,183 |
| 2015 | 128 | #1,359 |
| 2014 | 111 | #1,465 |
| 2013 | 99 | #1,568 |
| 2012 | 83 | #1,786 |
| 2011 | 101 | #1,561 |
| 2010 | 98 | #1,599 |
| 2009 | 105 | #1,555 |
| 2008 | 114 | #1,445 |
| 2007 | 85 | #1,741 |
| 2006 | 72 | #1,876 |
| 2005 | 65 | #1,939 |
| 2004 | 47 | #2,372 |
| 2003 | 61 | #1,903 |
| 2002 | 71 | #1,657 |
| 2001 | 60 | #1,837 |
| 2000 | 64 | #1,738 |
| 1999 | 59 | #1,730 |
| 1998 | 81 | #1,403 |
| 1997 | 63 | #1,596 |
| 1996 | 77 | #1,373 |
| 1995 | 64 | #1,486 |
| 1994 | 66 | #1,449 |
| 1993 | 25 | #2,780 |
| 1992 | 26 | #2,664 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,806 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 12 | #3,910 |
| 1987 | 10 | #4,233 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 11 | #3,118 |
| 1973 | 17 | #2,309 |
Names like Kaine
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn Kian Aiden Ronan Declan Kayden Keegan Connor Brody Kody Keelan Rowan
Other spellings of Kaine
Names related to Kaine
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kaine: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaine, updated 20 October 2026.